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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 12768:
- Hurriyat Team Leaves For Pakistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
A three-member Hurriyat conference delegation today left for Lahore on their way to Islamabad for a week-long visit, during which they are to meet Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, with whom they will discuss de-militarisation and self-rule for the re
- King Unbending, Nepal Maoists End Ceasefire (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 03, 2006)
A four-month spell of peace in Nepal came to an end today as the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) announced it would not extend the ceasefire that began in September, and vowed to resume its activities against the Royal Nepal Army (RNA).
- Fo Asks India Not To Vitiate Atmosphere (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday asked India not to vitiate atmosphere for the ongoing peace process between the two countries by issuing statements on Islamabad’s internal affairs.
- Terror Plot Busted Ahead Of Pm's Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Hours before the Prime Minister's visit to the city, Police foiled the plot of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed to trigger bomb blasts, including suicide bombings, in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Karnataka.
- Mind Your Own Business: Islamabad (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 03, 2006)
Balochistan isuue our internal affair
Criticising India for expressing concern on the Balochistan situation, Pakistan on Monday said such statements from New Delhi "betrayed the psyche of a bully."
- The Fall Of Mr Advani (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 03, 2006)
There is a Shakespearean dimension to Mr L.K. Advani’s fall from grace in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Turning The Tables (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 03, 2006)
General Musharraf is said to be intrigued at New Delhi expressing concern over the situation in Baluchistan, and he has reason to be.
- Science Meet Security Beefed Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Alerted by the recent terror strike on scientists at Indian Institute on Science (IISc), Bangalore, security has been tightened for the 93rd Indian Science Congress (ISC), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here tomorrow.
- India In 2006: Forging Ahead To The Forefront (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2006)
A stable political environment, law and order, and a reasonable governance all point to an India heading with confidence into a New Year.
- Terror In Bangalore (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Jan 03, 2006)
On December 28, 2005, terrorists barged into the auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, where an international conference of eminent scientists was going on, opened indiscriminate firing, killing renowned mathematician and . . .
- Terror Knocks At Hyderabad's Doors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
In the wake of reports that Hyderabad is high on the agenda of ISI-sponsored terrorist groups, the police on Monday claimed that timely arrest of two persons on Saturday night enabled them to foil an attempt by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed . . .
- That Man From Up (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2006)
Rajnath Singh has taken over as the president of the BJP, not because he was the most acceptable of the candidates within the party, but because he was the least unacceptable.
- Loc As Border Unacceptable: Mirwaiz (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has stated that proposals of acknowledging the Line of Control (LoC) as permanent border or maintaining status quo are unacceptable, however the APHC leadership is ready to become . . .
- Indo-Us Nuclear Cooperation Deal A Dangerous Gamble (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 02, 2006)
The chief architect of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has described President Bush’s recent proposal to provide nuclear energy assistance to India as a “dangerous gamble”.
- Taliban Rising In Afghanistan? (Daily Times, Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Jan 02, 2006)
Most analysts following the events in Afghanistan believe that in years to come the situation will get even worse. The latest videotape I have received shows new Al Qaeda and Taliban training camps in Afghanistan.
- Exit Of Bjp Old Guards (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 02, 2006)
AB Vajpayee and LK Advani have stepped down from the BJP leadership. Vajpayee has announced retirement from politics while Advani has opted out as BJP President.
- Hurriyat Says It Will Discuss Kashmir With Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Ahead of its Pakistan visit from tomorrow, separatist outfit Hurriyat Conference today said it would discuss the Kashmir issue with President Pervez Musharraf and other Pakistan leaders.
- Putting Aside Ideological Hang-Ups (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Jan 02, 2006)
The genie of obscurantism, of the confused ideological variety, is out of the bottle again. At least that was the impression created by a host of speakers, among them Dr Javid Iqbal, Justice Nasim Hassan Shah and Mr Majid Nizami, at a seminar held to ....
- A Significant Turn (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh's meeting with People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone sends out the message that New Delhi intends to reach out not just to the APHC centrists but to all elements of the political mosaic of Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Prescription For Decline (Dawn, Dushka H. Saiyid, Jan 02, 2006)
DR Atta-ur-Rehman, chairman, Higher Education Commission, speaking in September at a meeting of ECOSOC, UN, announced that the funding for higher education in Pakistan had gone up by 1500 per cent.
- Shaukat’S Democratic Initiative (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has decided to revive the Council of Common Interests (CCI), which the Federal Cabinet has endorsed unanimously. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told newsmen after the Cabinet meeting in Islamabad on Saturday that the CCI is
- Challenges Ahead (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 02, 2006)
It is difficult to miss the strong undercurrent of concern about the state we are in which runs through the otherwise diverse end-of-the-year comments in our print and electronic media.
- Off To A Good Start (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 02, 2006)
Reiterating its commitment to cleansing the Punjab cities of excessive smoke-emitting vehicles, the provincial government, on the eve of the New Year, announced a plan to impose a ban on the plying of two-stroke-engine rickshaws on selected roads in Lahor
- Sbp Quarterly Report (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 02, 2006)
TheState Bank of Pakistan’s report for the first quarter of 2005-06 has reinforced concerns about certain macroeconomic indications of the country’s economy.
- Wider Aspects Of The Gas Pipeline (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Paradoxically, there is a positive dimension to the tensions being generated by the proposed seven-billion-dollar gas pipeline that will run from Iran to India via Pakistan.
- Pak, India Exchange Lists Of N Installations (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India Sunday exchanged lists of nuclear installations under a special agreement which prohibits Islamabad and New Delhi from attacking each other’s nuclear facilities.
- Usc’S Customer Friendly Initiative (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 02, 2006)
Utility Stores Managing Director Brig (R) Hafeez Ahmed has announced special Eid Package of reduction of prices of about 300 items to benefit the low income groups.
- The Rewriting Of History (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 02, 2006)
The recent international book fair held in Karachi’s Expo Centre was a huge and truly memorable event. It was the first time in this philistine city that so many representatives of Indian publishing houses jostled with local publishers, booksellers and...
- Maoist Designs (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Jan 02, 2006)
With Maoists from Nepal to Tamil Nadu subverting the government machinery and gaining control in a wide corridor across 13 states through a campaign of terror, their activities have become a serious threat to national security.
- Unrest In Baluchistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 02, 2006)
Musharraf should tackle its problems
What is happening in Baluchistan is much more than what was experienced by the Shias in Gilgit and Baltistan recently, forcing India to lodge its protest against the large-scale human rights violations there.
- Hurriyat To Discuss Kashmir With Musharraf (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Ahead of its Pakistan visit from tomorrow, separatist outfit Hurriyat Conference today said it would discuss the Kashmir issue with President Pervez Musharraf and other Pakistan leaders.
- Khokhrapar-Munabao Train Service To Begin By Mid Jan: Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Pakistan today said the Khokhrapar-Munabao train service connecting Sindh province with Rajasthan would become operational by mid January.
- Us Plans To Strike Iran N-Facilities (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The United States is mulling a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities this year and has informed NATO member states to make similar preparations, a report claimed on Sunday.
- Indian Central Security Agencies See Pakistan-Based Terrorist Group Lashkar-E-Taiba Behind The Bangalore Iisc Terror Attack On India’S High Tech (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Jan 02, 2006)
Indian central security agencies have finally found the vital link. Pakistan’s terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba is the culprit.
- Crown Or Shoe? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 02, 2006)
The position of a compromise candidate is invariably an embarrassing one. He knows that he was not the first choice and that he enjoys no one’s trust and confidence.
- Gas Pipeline Agreement To Be Signed Next Month, Says Pakistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Pakistan, India and Iran will finalise a tripartite framework agreement and the project structure of the proposed Rs 7 billion gas pipeline next month, said an official here.
- U.S. Planning To Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities: Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Military action against Teheran to foil its nuclear ambitions is one among several options being considered by NATO members, military Intelligence officials familiar with the Iran file told German daily Der Spiegel.
- Sins Of The Clergy (Tribune, Pushpa M. Bhargava, Jan 02, 2006)
IT is a cliché that man has today all the means to destroy all of his species through weapons of mass destruction possessed by many countries led by the US. There is no country that can be trusted not to use them; in fact, the larger the stock . . .
- A New Leaf (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 02, 2006)
Let’s hope for a new year of peace and prosperity.
- A Bjp Without Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 02, 2006)
The only time the party was able to secure a semblance of a national mandate was when it projected him as its prime ministerial mascot.
- Bjp, 25, Very Little To Cheer (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jan 02, 2006)
The mood, said my BJP friend gloomily, what do you think the mood is like at the birthday party obviously after these events it is more than a little morose. Others tried to put on a brave face after the sex, lies and videotape scandal hit slap bang ....
- Hurriyat To Discuss Kashmir With Musharraf (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Ahead of its Pakistan visit from Monday, separatist outfit Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said it would discuss the Kashmir issue with President Pervez Musharraf and other Pakistan leaders.
- In A State Of Confusion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 02, 2006)
Seven months after he praised Mohammad Ali Jinnah on Pakistani soil to the outrage of his larger political family, Lal Krishna Advani has vacated the top party post
- Karachi: Apc Calls For Immediate Halt To Army Operation: Talks On Balochistan Urged (Dawn, Latif Baloch, Jan 02, 2006)
The All-parties Conference on Balochistan held here on Sunday condemned the ongoing military operation in that province and termed it “a conspiracy to harm the country’s integrity. It called upon the government to withdraw troops from . . .
- Patil To Inspect India-Bangladesh Border (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 02, 2006)
He will also review status of implementation of the Assam accord
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil is scheduled to arrive here on a day's visit to Assam on Monday for a joint inspection of the India-Bangladesh border along with Chief Minister . . .
- The Bite In The Atal Soundbite (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 02, 2006)
It was vintage Vajpayee at the BJP ’s 25th jubilee celebration in Mumbai. By dramatically announcing his resignation from power politics he managed to yet again steal the limelight from his long suffering comrade-in-arms, L.K. Advani, . . .
- India Seen Unstoppable With New American Relationships – Terrorists Are Planning Break The Outsourcing Backbone Of India Through Massive Terror Attacks In It Hubs (India Daily, Babu Ghanta, Jan 01, 2006)
Pakistan’s ISI, silently sinister Al-Queda, Bangladeshi Jihadists – all are concerned about the new India – rich, powerful and a strong dependable ally of America and the Western Europe.
- Queen Of Ghazals Enthralls Delhi-Ites (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 01, 2006)
Few may be knowing that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s wife, Gursharan Kaur was a student of Indian music and a fan of the legendary Ghazal singer Farida Khanum.
- Unilateral Flexibility On Kashmir Ruled Out (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has ruled out any unilateral flexibility on the Kashmir issue.
- Mirwaiz For Consensus On Kashmir Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Seeking a “solid and strong beginning” towards a final settlement of the Kashmir issue, the Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, here today demanded demilitarisation on either side of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. He urged the need . . .
- Advani One Foot Still In (Telegraph, Poornima Joshi, Jan 01, 2006)
L.K. Advani today passed the BJP baton to Rajnath Singh but made it clear he had no intention of following in A.B. Vajpayee’s footsteps.
- Advani Quits, It’S Over To Gennext (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Mr Lal Krishna Advani today formally quit as the president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Need For A Policy For The Displaced People (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2006)
The recent internecine killings, which claimed about 90 lives in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, have led to the displacement of over 44,000 tribal Karbis and Dimasas. Away from the attention of the national media, the displaced Karbis and Dimasas . . .
- Pml: Then & Now (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 01, 2006)
The 99th Foundation Day of the Pakistan Muslim League was commemorated on Friday with a meeting at the PML House in Islamabad. PML leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Mushahid Hussain, Shaukat Aziz, Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Eng Amir Muqam addressed the . . .
- Ill-Timed Indian Statement On Balochistan (News International, Dr A R Khan, Jan 01, 2006)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matter.
- India Hankering For A Zero-Sum Game Again? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 01, 2006)
B Raman, a former chief of India’s RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) who now works for South Asia Analysis Group, has put out an analysis that seems a major throwback to the pre-Islamabad Declaration period when relations between Pakistan and India were at
- Mirwaiz-Led Delegation On Way To Pak, Pok (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Chairman of the moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today left for New Delhi to complete his travel documents for a visit to Pakistan and PoK. He was accompanied by senior separatist leader . . .
- Inclusive Nationalism (Daily Excelsior, C.S. Pandit, Jan 01, 2006)
Nation-states have a logic of their own. So insidiously is this logic purveyed through the state's institutions that it becomes common sense, particularly among the educated. Perspectives that differ from this common sense are then easily seen . . .
- Hurriyat Team Leaves On Pakistan Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
To express solidarity with the victims of the October 8 earthquake
- Advani's Long Tenure Ends (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Other presidents came and went, never to return, but Mr. Advani always did
Problems with RSS began after he flouted one-man one-post principle
Disappointed over his inability to communicate the context of Jinnah remarks
- India’S Irresponsible Statement (Pakistan Observer, Dr. A. R. Khan, Dec 31, 2005)
India once again trying to vitiate the peace atmosphere in the region issued unwarranted and provocative statement that too on purely Pakistan’s internal matters. The statement by the spokesman of India’s External Affairs Ministry is not only . . .
- Flaws In Counter-Terror Practices (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 31, 2005)
Home Ministry orders review of procedures in major cities Bangalore police did not once send officials to Jammu and Kashmir to independently develop the inputs on the growing terrorist threat to the city
- Tax On Google's Sale Of Website Space For Display Of Ads (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
GOOGLE Online India Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google International LLC in the US, submitted an application before the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), New Delhi (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax).
- Reduce Terrorism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
India hopes that in the new year, there will be a determined effort by Pakistan to reduce terrorism and take the peace process forward and if there are any fresh proposals for the proposed ‘self rule’ in Jammu and Kashmir, . . .
- Open Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 31, 2005)
One can only express disappointment over the Pakistan Government's decision to continue to enforce ban on the Indian television channels. This is against the spirit of a sort of glasnost that has emerged in the sub-continent.
- Back Channel Diplomacy Taking Up Proposals On Kashmir: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 31, 2005)
When the ideas took concrete shape, they would be moved to the `front channel'
- Hrcp Calls For Ceasefire In Kohlu (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The government should stop killing Balochis in Kohlu under its military operation and ceasefire immediately to resolve the issue politically, said Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) officials on Friday after a visit to Balochistan.
- Preserving Pakistan’S Identity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
It is encouraging that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has categorically stated that the Government will not allow airing of programmes that are against our faith, culture and tradition. Chairing meeting of PEMRA on Thursday, he said Pakistan has an open . .
- Musharraf’S Resolve To Build Kbd (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 31, 2005)
D his wide-ranging interaction with the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), President Pervez Musharraf, while pleading the case of water reservoirs, went to the extent of saying that turning back on the issue of building big dams amounted t
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- Water-Rich, Yet Over-Stretched (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
Water may seem too common a topic to write about, especially after floods have receded and the tsunami anniversary vigil has passed off peacefully. Yet, it is hot news all over the world.
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- World Is More Terrorised Now (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 31, 2005)
The world is entering the year 2006 more terrorised than it was on October 7, 2001, when the Untied States-led forces started bombing Afghanistan with a view to eliminate global terrorism. But the menace of terrorism has become at least four times . . .
- No Progress On Kashmir (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Dec 31, 2005)
For far too long, the progress on talks between the Government of India and Kashmiri leaders is in limbo. Though Indo-Pak talks are taking place on Sir Creek and Siachen glacier, they do not seem to have made any progress.
- How Saffron Lost Its Colour (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 31, 2005)
Astrologically speaking, BJP appeared to be under the influence of the unfavourable ‘shani dasa’ in the year gone by with one mishap leading to another and ‘the party with a difference’ had publicly turned ‘different’ as the year closed.
- Terror Still Roadblock To Indo-Pak Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
While the investigating agencies work on the evidence indicating involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Wednesday’s terror attack in Bangalore, India feels strongly that Pakistan is not doing enough to end cross-border terrorism.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- India-Iran-Pak To Meet On Ipi Pipeline In Mar ‘06 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Iran today offerred to host the meeting of the tripartite joint working group comprising Pakistan, India and itself in Tehran in March next year to carry forward the negotiations on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, even as the vexed issue of gas . .
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
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